Vulnerability · Published Mar 16, 2026 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2026-32775
High 7.4
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in libexif from libexif project. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
libexif through 0.6.25 has a flaw in decoding MakerNotes. If the exif_mnote_data_get_value function gets passed in a 0 size, the passed in-buffer would be overwritten due to an integer underflow.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.23 | libexif | 0.6.26-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2026-32775 |
| Debian:12 | libexif | 0.6.24-1+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-32775 |
| Debian:13 | libexif | 0.6.25-1+deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-32775 |
| Debian:14 | libexif | 0.6.26-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-32775 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libexif | 0.6.24-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 | USN-8531-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libexif | 0.6.24-1ubuntu0.22.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-32775 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libexif | 0.6.24-1ubuntu0.24.04.1 | USN-8531-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libexif | 0.6.24-1ubuntu0.24.04.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-32775 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | libexif | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-32775 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | libexif | 0.6.25-2ubuntu0.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2026-32775 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | libexif | 0.6.25-2ubuntu0.1 | USN-8531-1 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| libexif project | libexif | 0 – through 0.6.25 |
Weakness: CWE-191 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H